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postal theft - credit + ATM cards
ED
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Telegraph newspaper this weekend publishes an article re criminals stealing banking cards while working for Royal Mail - or private special delivery services used by some banks to supply credit and ATM cards direct to customers.
Good news is Royal Mail now has tough new powers to vet employees, and evidently it is primarily temporary workers who have been stealing.
Bad news is some banks use private special delivery services which they promise are safe, but the police beg to differ. Detective chief inspector Roger Cook (leader of a card crime policy group of representatives from the UK's biggest banks + senior policemen) is quoted in the Telegraph as saying :
"We've certainly seen cases where organised criminals have infiltrated these operations as well."
Apparently, these services often hand the cards to Royal Mail sorting offices if they have been unable to make a delivery.
Good news is Royal Mail now has tough new powers to vet employees, and evidently it is primarily temporary workers who have been stealing.
Bad news is some banks use private special delivery services which they promise are safe, but the police beg to differ. Detective chief inspector Roger Cook (leader of a card crime policy group of representatives from the UK's biggest banks + senior policemen) is quoted in the Telegraph as saying :
"We've certainly seen cases where organised criminals have infiltrated these operations as well."
Apparently, these services often hand the cards to Royal Mail sorting offices if they have been unable to make a delivery.
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ED wrote:Detective chief inspector Roger Cook
Sure I've heard that name before.....Ethical moneysaver0 -
Priceless!0
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